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F'ing Sago Palms
Posted on 4/4/23 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 4/4/23 at 3:17 pm
I bought house with these damn things. Hate them. How deep are roots in those things and how hard are they to get out. Can I take a chain saw to them?
Posted on 4/4/23 at 3:21 pm to NewBR
Not very deep, but they'll cut the living hell out of you.
We hacked all the fronds off with a machete, then pulled the whole stump out with a chain attached to the lawnmower.
Definitely wear gloves.
ETA: Just read this
We hacked all the fronds off with a machete, then pulled the whole stump out with a chain attached to the lawnmower.
Definitely wear gloves.
ETA: Just read this
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Warning
All portions of the sago palm are highly toxic and contain a neurotoxin that can paralyze and kill pets and people. Use caution when placing the sago in the landscape, as well as indoors, and keep it away from children and pets.
This post was edited on 4/4/23 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 4/4/23 at 3:23 pm to Shexter
How did those things get so popular back in the day?
Posted on 4/4/23 at 3:24 pm to NewBR
The old man across the street from me hit his with his tractor at full clip to uproot it. Was pretty comical to watch. He messed up his front end loader.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 3:37 pm to NewBR
I cut off all of the leaves with clippers and then dug up the rootball with a shovel. It was awful, and I will never do it again. It took me a few days. Very complicated root system i feel like.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 4:18 pm to NewBR
Yes you can take a chain saw to them.
I've done it befoe.
I've done it befoe.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 5:33 pm to NewBR
Just need a chain and an truck. Pull it up in one go. You don't want to touch any part of it.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 6:27 pm to armsdealer
Chainsaw, Shovel, sweat equity.
I dug up the ones in my yard and hauled them to the street. They were gone within 2 hours.
I dug up the ones in my yard and hauled them to the street. They were gone within 2 hours.
Posted on 4/4/23 at 8:14 pm to NewBR
Additioanlly, these are VERY toxic to pets
Posted on 4/5/23 at 5:04 am to NewBR
If you don't remove them properly (dig up) and just chainsaw the trunk to the ground, it will keep coming back. Dig around root ball and pull out with 4 wheeler or truck with chain.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 6:59 am to East Coast Band
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these are VERY toxic to pets
First time I read this years back, I thought it might be BS, but there are lots of horror stories online. Folks dig them up and leave them sitting in the yard for a while, their dog decides to chew on the roots, and bam. Or their plant produces the seeds/nuts, which a dog is going to chew if he finds one. The whole plant is poisonous, but those seeds are what often get the pets.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 8:26 am to NewBR
Those things definitely evolved to handle dinosaurs.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 9:18 am to East Coast Band
quote:additionally, this time of year in the front of my neighborhood it looks like a big penis garden. All the sago palms that have been trimmed up just sticking up out of the yard.
Additioanlly, these are VERY toxic to pets
Posted on 4/5/23 at 9:28 am to tigerfoot
Ours are now gone.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 9:35 am to tigerfoot
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additionally, this time of year in the front of my neighborhood it looks like a big penis garden. All the sago palms that have been trimmed up just sticking up out of the yard.
They are just behind bamboo and Bradford pears on my list of plants that should never be planted for any reason.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 10:12 am to sosaysmorvant
If you don't remove them properly (dig up) and just chainsaw the trunk to the ground, it will keep coming back.
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The ones I used a chainsaw on never came back. They were in an area where I could mow.
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The ones I used a chainsaw on never came back. They were in an area where I could mow.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 12:36 pm to NewBR
You can cut all the leaves off and spray round up on them and it will kill them!
Posted on 4/5/23 at 12:47 pm to RougeDawg
quote:sago palms are not true palms they are cycads
Those things definitely evolved to handle dinosaurs.
wiki:
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The two extant families of cycads all belong to the order Cycadales, and are the Cycadaceae and Zamiaceae (including Stangeriaceae). These cycads have changed little since the Jurassic in comparison to some other plant divisions. Five additional families belonging to the Medullosales became extinct by the end of the Paleozoic Era. Based on genetic studies, cycads are thought to be more closely related to Ginkgo than other living gymnosperms. Both are thought to have diverged from each other during the early Carboniferous.
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